FreeBSD 15 VirtualBox quick start

freebsd-15.0-release-amd64-zfs.vhd-quickstart.md

FreeBSD 15 VirtualBox quick start

15.0-RELEASE pre-installed. AMD64.

1. https://download.freebsd.org/releases/VM-IMAGES/15.0-RELEASE/amd64/Latest/
2. FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-zfs.vhd.xz
3. decompress the flie
4. in VirtualBox, use the media tab to add then resize the .vhd file
5. create a FreeBSD guest with the resized disk
6. choose VBoxSVGA
7. ignore the warning, choose VBoxSVGA
8. choose UEFI
9. 3072 MB base memory
10. start FreeBSD in single user mode
11. gpart recover ada0
12. exit
13. switch from ttyv0 to ttyv1
14. login as root, no password
15. bsdconfig useredit root
16. set a password, save, OK
17. pkg upgrade
18. install virtualbox-ose-additions-72 or greater, see https://community.kde.org/FreeBSD/Setup#VirtualBox and the comment below
19. sysctl hw.efi.poweroff=0
20. ee /boot/loader.conf
21. add hw.efi.poweroff=0 to the file, save it
22. shutdown -r now
23. switch from ttyv0 to ttyv1
24. login as root

If you choose less than 3072 MB, then you should probably also:

1. ee /etc/sysctl.conf
2. add the string below to the file, save, restart the OS.

vm.pageout_oom_seq=120

Note

2026-01-07: the package for virtualbox-ose-additions-72 is currently not in the quarterly FreeBSD-ports repo.

The planets are not aligned.

You may, instead, dance naked around a fire in a clearing in a forest and:

1. pkg install -y dbus libX11 libXcursor libXext libXmu libXrandr libXt xrandr
2. pkg add https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest/All/virtualbox-ose-additions-72-7.2.4.1500068_1.pkg

thank you : )